Attachment for tailors&#39; presses



Sept. 30, 1941. ZlRKER ETA'L 2,257,146

ATTACHMENT FOR TAILORS PRESSES Filed Aug. 8, 194Q I N VENTORJ Jase bl?Zll'ker vB mar/f ATTORNEY.

Patented Sept. 30, 1941 ATTACHMENT FOR TAILORS PRESSES Joseph Zirker,Brooklyn, and Rose W. Zirker, New York, N. Y.; said Joseph Zirkerassignor to said Rose W. Zirker Application August 8, 1940, Serial No.351,866

2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in tailors presses, and moreparticularly to an attachment to be used with tailors presses in steampressing fur trimmed garments, and to the presses having suchattachments thereon. 7

Ordinary tailors presses are made up of a bed or buck with a presserhead which is lowered on to the bed or buck so that the garment ispressed between them. Steam is supplied to the hollow head and to thehollow bed .or buck and escapes through the press cloth into the garmentwhen the garment is being steamed and pressed; This steam is suppliedunder considerable pressure so that it may thoroughly penetrate thegarment, and, with the ordinary press, steam escapes from between thehead and bed during the steam pressing, often with considerablevelocity.

When a fur trimmed garment is being steam pressed on an ordinary press,it happens frequently that the steam escapes laterally from between thehead and bed and strikes the fur, with resulting scorching, shrinkingand hardening of the leather of the fur which makes the fur useless andrequires the repair or retrimming of the garment.

This danger of injury to the fur of fur trimmed garments has causedthose who are called upon to steam press fur trimmed garments, to keepthe fur at a considerable distance from the press so that several inchesof the cloth of the garment nearest the fur remains without being steampressed, with resulting dissatisfaction on the part of the owner of thegarment. The caution and care on the part of the operator, because ofhis fear of injury to the fur of the garment, results in consumin moretime, through cautious manipulation of his work, than would ordinarilybe required if it were not necessary to take special precautions toprotect the fur from injury.

, The present invention provides an improved attachment for tailorspresses which is of particular value for use with such presses in thepressing of fur trimmed garments, enabling the difiiculties and dangersabove mentioned to be overcome or minimized.

According to the present invention, there is provided a strip offlexible material, such as sheet metal, so shaped as to conform to andenclose the edge of the press bed or head. When two of said strips areused, one on the head and one on the bed, they come together at theedges of the head and bed, when the head is lowered, thereby preventingthe escape of steam between the head and bed and protecting the garmentbeing pressed from injury thereby.

The invention will be further described in connection with theaccompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 shows an ordinary tailors press,in perspective, with the head raised, and with a strip of -flexiblematerial attached to the edge of both the head and bed at one end ofeach;

Figs. 2 and 3 are respectively a top view and bottom view of theattachment for the press head;

Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line 4-4 of e- Fig. 5 is an end view ofthe attachment of Figs. 2 and 3; I

Fig. 6 is atop view of the attachment for the edge of the bed or buck;

Fig. 7 is a section taken on the line l'! of Fig. 6; and

Fig. 8 is an end view of the attachment of Figs. 6 and 7.

In the accompanying drawing, an ordinary tailors press is shown in asomewhat conventional and diagrammatic manner, this press beingsupported on a suitable support (not shown) and having the ordinary bedplate or buck l and presser head 2, the head being carried by arms 3pivoted at 4 and having a handle 5 by which the head can be lowered andraised. The details of construction of the press itself may vary withpresses of different manufacturers, and the press shown is intendedmerely as an example of one common form of tailors press.

Such presses have hollow heads and bucks to which steam is supplied bysteam connections 6 and l, and the head and bed have the usual presscloths 8 and 9 between which the garment is pressed and through whichthe steam is introduced during pressing, and from which the steam iswithdrawn by the usual vacuum attachment after pressing.

Attached to the bed or buck in Fig. 1 is a strip IU of flexible materialextending part way around the edge of the bed on each side and at oneend. A similar strip ll of flexible material is placed on one end of thehead. These strips are shaped to conform to the edge of the bed and headrespectively and to overlap the top of the bed and the bottom of thehead for a short distance, as shown.

These strips can be made of suitable flexible material, particularly ofsheet metal such as copper, brass, zinc or tin, or of rust-proof orstainless steel, etc. These strips can be readily formed or shaped bydrawing or stamping operations. Since the steam comes in contact withthe metal strips, these strips should be made of non-rusting material,or, if made of material which would tend to rust, they should begalvanized or coated with a rust resistant or stainless surface.

The metal is sufficiently thin so that it is flex- 1 ible, and so that,When'the head is lowered, and

the strips come together at the edges of the head 3 and bed,.t hey donot interfere with the pressing of the garment between the head and bed.Because of the shape and arrangement of the narily be sufiicient,although this can be varied.

By the use of the devices on presses, fur trimmed garments can readilybe pressed and the fur trimming can be brought close to the press, sothat practically allof the fabric can be pressed, without danger ofinjury to the fur itself. The precautions which it is necessary to takewith ordinary presses are therefore unnec- 1 metal strips at the edgesof the head and bed, the steam is prevented from escaping between 1 thepress cloth under the strips is directed. 1 downwardly and away from thegarment. The attachments can readily be made of a shape con-- forming tothe ends of the press to which they are attached. Because of theirspring-like charj acter and shape they can be so made as to slide 1 overthe edge of the head and bed and fit closely so. that they will be heldin placeby frictional engagement. Th-isrmakes possible the attachmentand detachment of the devices so that they can. be. readily removed whenordinary garments- 1 are pressed, or attached and used when fur trimmedgarments are pressed.

While suitable shapes andsizes of the. devices are shown in Figs; .2 to'8', it. will be understood that these can be varied somewhat tofitpresses v of differentv sizes, and heads and beds: of different shapes.The devices can extend for a greater or.

flless distance along the head and bed, but ordinarily it will not benecessary for them to sextend the entire length of the header bed, A

length of, for example, 20 to 24 incheswill ordi- 7 the strips, and suchsteam as escapes through essary, and the pressing operation can becarried out more rapidly and without the usual caution.

What we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A tailors press having a head and a bed, detachable metal stripssecured to the edges of the head and bed at corresponding parts thereof,said strips frictionally engaging the edges of the head and bed andbeing held in frictional engagement therewith and being readilyattachable and detachable, the said strips overlapping the press clothsa short distance to prevent steam from escaping at the areas where thesaid strips. are secured to the head. and bed.

'1 JOSEPH ROSE w. ZIRKER.

